United Kingdom

Type of entity	Private Limited	Public Limited
Type of law	Common	Common
Corporate taxation	19-30%	19-30%
Double taxation treaties available	Yes	Yes
Share Capital
Usual currency	British pound	British Pound
Permitted currencies	Any	Any
Minimum paid up	£1	£50,000
Usual authorised	£1,000	£50,000
Directors
Minimum number	1	2
Local resident required	No	No
Records publicly available	Yes	Yes
Location of Meetings	Anywhere	Anywhere
Shareholders / Members
Minimum number	1	2
Records publicly available	Yes	Yes
Location of Meetings	Anywhere	Anywhere
Company Secretary
Required	Yes	Yes
Local or qualified	No	No
Accounts
Required	Yes	Yes
Audit required	Yes – small companies exempt	Yes – small companies exempt
Filing required	Yes	Yes
Publicly available	Yes	Yes
Other
Annual return required	Yes	Yes
Change of domicile permitted	Yes – with Revenue approval	Yes – with Revenue approval

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